Card holding device for typewriters



Patented Mar. 24, 1936 PATENT OFFICE CARD HOLDING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITERSSamuel Palley,

Worcester, Mass.

Application January 10, 1934, Serial No. 706,078

6 Claims.

This invention relates toI a sheet or card-holding device fortypewriters and more particularly to a holder which enables typewritingon the bottom portion of sheets or cards such as used in v visible indexsystems.

The modern visible index systems now used in business oices andfactories require the typing of index data on the bottom line or spacein a predetermined location on a sheet of paper or card in order Athatthe index data may clearly be visible when the sheet or cards areassembled in the le. These sheets or cards have, in some cases, beentyped with considerable diiculty by inserting the sheets or cardsindividually in the typewriter, aligning each individual sheet or cardin the machine so that the index data will be located in the desiredspace. This operation requires considerable time per sheet or card by anexperienced operator. Even with careful positioning the data isfrequently skewed or not in the desired location.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a simpleinexpensive device which may be used on any standard typewriters,without alteration of the machine, for rapidly typewriting on the bottomline or a predetermined portion of successive sheets or cards.

It is another object of this invention to provide a flexiblesheet-holding or card-holding device for typewriters which is adapted tobe rolled around a typewriter platen and held in position to locatesuccessive sheets or cards to be typed in a predetermined position.

Other objects will be apparent from the following disclosure.

One embodiment of this invention has been illustrated in the drawing inwhich like reference numerals indicate like parts:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the holder in position partiallysurrounding a typewriter roll or platen with a sheet or card inposition.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a similar plan view with a card in position on the holder.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken approximately on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3.

'I'he sheet or card-holding device, as illustrated in the drawing,comprises a sheet of flexible material such as a sized cloth or anyother suitable exible material. In the preferred construction, asillustrated in the drawing, the holder comprises a sheet of exible orsemi-flexible material II) folded at the lower edge II to form a back I2and a front I3. I'he front I2 and back I3 are held together at theirside edges to form an integral flat holder by means of a row of stitchesI4 and I5 or may, if desired, be cemented or otherwise xed together.

A row of stitches I6 across the holder serves to form a pocket I1 in theupper portion of the holder. The lower portion of the holder serves as aexible flap I8 which is adapted to be wrapped around a typewriter platenI9 as indicated in Fig. 1. Y

A window or aperture 20 is formed in the front of the sheet receivingholder pocket II which is preferably located to expose a predeterminedportion of a sheet or card 22 to be typed. The stitching forms a lip 23which serves to locate the lower edge of the sheet or card relative tothe aperture 20. This lip may, as illustrated, extend acrosssubstantially the entire width of the holder to locate the lower edge ofa sheet or card. The rows of stitches I4 and I5 which form the pocketI'I may also serve as a guide or guides to position a sheet or card tobe typed relative to the pocket.

The window or aperture 20 preferably does not extend entirely across thewidth of the pocket. It is essential to provide guiding and supportingportions 25 and 26 which are preferably formed as integral parts of thefront I8 of the pocket II between each end of the window or aperture 20and the stitchings I4 and I5 respectively. These guides 25 and 26 serveto guide and support the corners and edges 'of the sheets or cards asthe lower edge of the card passes across the aperture, and serve tosupport the sheet or card during typing.

The sheet or card-holder is provided with an edge portion 21 outside thestitching I4. The edge portion 21 is preferably of sufficient width sothat the holder may be positioned around the typewriter platen and theplaten moved to the extreme right hand position with portion 21 stillremaining supported beneath the scale guide which is associated with thetypewriter platen.

The operation of the device or holder is readily apparent from theforegoing disclosure. The holder is inserted in a standard typewriter inthe same manner that paper is inserted. The holder is adjusted so thatthe window or aperture 20 and lip 23 are located to position the sheetor card to be typed so that a line or lines may be typed on the sheet orcard in a predetermined location, such, as for example, on the bottomline or portion of the sheet or card.

The holder or device is then left in this adjusted position in thetypewriter so that succes- CJI sive sheets or cards to be typed may beinserted in the pocket I'I from the top and aligned by lip I6 and guidesI4 or I5. The sheet or card may then be typed, after which it may berapidly removed and replaced with successive sheets or cards.

In the use of this holder, the typewriter platen may remain in anoperating position with the window or aperture 20 always in operativerelation with the type guides, so that successive sheets or cards may beslipped vertically into and out of the pocket before andI after typing.Or, if de sired in use on certain typewriters, the sheets or cards maybe inserted in the pocket II when the typewriter platen, with the holderin adjusted position, is in the extreme right hand position. Afterloading the sheet or card in the pocket, the platen may then be rapidlypositioned for typing by use of the typewriter tabulating device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentis:

l. A sheet or card-holding device for typewriting having aflexiblegsheet-receiving pocket, an elongated aperture in one surface ofsaid pocket to expose apredetermined portion of a .sheet to be typed, ailexible lap integral with said pocket and adapted to be rolled around a`typewriter platen and arranged to locate and hold said apertiue in apredetermined position while typing successive sheets, a lip associatedwithsaid pocket and'arrangcd to locate and align the lower edge ofsuccessive sheets, and a guide associated with said pocket to lccate thesheet longitudinally relative to the pocket and aperture to enabletypewriting on ya predetermined portion of the sheet, said parts beingso arranged that successive sheets may be inserted for typing withoutchanging the position of the device.

-2. A sheet or card-holding device for type- .writing having a exibleportion adapted to be wrapped around and held by a typewriter platen inapredetermined position with respect to the line of type while-insertingand typing successive cards, an upper portion integral therewith forminga sheet-receiving pocket, an elongated aperture in one surface of saidpocket to expose apredetermined portion of the sheet to be typed,sheet-supporting guides formed in the front of said pocket ateach end ofsaid window, and a lip formed adjacent to the lower edge of saidaperture to position the sheet in the holder.

3. A sheet or card holding device for typewriting having means forholding said device on a typewriter platen in a predetermined positionwith respect to the line of type while inserting and typing successivesheets, a sheet receiving holder, and elongated aperture in one surfaceof said holder to expose a predetermined portion of the sheet to betyped, and guiding means associated with said holder to locate, hold andposition the sheet in said holder.

4. A sheet or card holding device for typewriting having means forholding said device on a typewriter platen in a predetermined positionwith respect to the line of type while inserting and typing successivesheets, a sheet receiving pocket, an elongated aperture in one surfaceof said pocket to expose a predetermined portion of the sheetvto betyped, sheet supporting guides, and means formed adjacent to the loweredge of said aperture to position the sheetin thev holder.

5. A sheet or card holding device for typewriting having a sheetreceiving holder, an elongated aperture in one surface of said holder toexpose a predetermined portion of a sheet to be typed, a flexible flapassociated with said holder which is adapted to be rolled around atypewriter platen and arranged to locate and hold said aperture in apredetermined position with respect to the line of type while insertingand typing successive sheets, and guiding means associated with saidholder to locate and hold successive sheets relative to the holder andaperture to enable typewriting on a predetermined portion of the sheet,said parts being so arranged that successive sheets may be inserted andtyped without changing the position of the holder.

6. A sheet or card holding device for typewriting having means forholding said device on -a typewriter platen in a predetermined positionwith respect to the line of type while inserting and typing successivecards, a sheet receiving holder, an elongated aperture in one surfaceofsaid holder to expose a predetermined portion of the sheet to be typed,guiding means associated with said holder to locate, hold and positionthe sheet in said holder, and an edge portion on said device ofsuilcient width to remain supported by the typewriter scale guide whenthe platen is in its right hand end position.

SAMUEL PALLEY.

